August 25, 1915] 



Notics and DascsiP'rroxs of Zin'othkrackak 



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punctate; atari) in odes minutely apiculate; anther nearly 1 cm 

 long, the connective submembranously crested and with con- 

 spicuous lateral wings, all densely punctate, only the linear 

 longitudinally dehiscent cells pubescent; ovary 1 cm long, 

 constricted toward the base, tbe upper shallowly rugose por- 

 tion glabrate. Pedicels of fruits 1 to 1.5 cm long, bracteate 

 near tbe base, sparsely pilose; fruit 2.5 cm long, 1.5 cm 

 thick, subtruncate at both ends, deep purplish red, curing 

 black, ellipsoid, somewhat constricted toward the rugosely 

 crested apex, densely -covered with muricate appendages or 

 spines except at the base, apparently 3-celled, each cell con- 

 taining numerous irregular blackish brown seeds. 



Type specimen number 10947, A. D. E. Elmer, Todaya 

 (Mt, Apo), District of Davao, Mindanao, June, 1909. 



Gathered in wet gravelly soil of woods on steep slopes 

 along the Baraoatan creek at 1750 feet altitude. "Panicaban" 

 in Bagobo. 



The smaller more elongated inflorescence with different 

 flowers and peduncle bracts at once distinguish our plant from 

 Antmum propinquum Ridl. To be compared with my number 

 7titi4 from Lucban and which was distributed under Hornstedtia 

 ph il ipp i n e n % is Ridl. 



Amorruim palawanense Elm. n. sp. 



Dense clusters or tussocks; rootstocks dirty yellowish brown, 

 terete, 1.25 cm thick, covered with -heaths; stems numer- 

 ous, as thick ad the rootstock, 1.75 m high, the basal 

 two thirds leafless and covered with dry brown sheaths. 

 Leaves alternate, 7 to 12 cm apart, ascending, coriaceous, 

 dark dull green on the strongly folded upper side, BO 

 what paler beneath, drying grayish green, glabrous except 

 the minutely ciliate brown edge which is rugose especially 

 toward the twisted and recurved setaceously acuminate to 

 caudate tip, base cuneate or subattenuate, sessile, line 

 oblong, 2 to 3 dm long, f to 5 cm wide at the middle 

 or above it, the basal ones much smaller and different in 

 shape; sheath more prominently striate on the exposed side, 

 the margins toward the separated throat long hairy; ligule 

 ,• rv short or only decurrent along the upper portion of the 



